Monday, December 20, 2010

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If you like your coffee black - this isn’t the post for you. If you like to add a little pep and pizzaz with caramel on top..THIS is the post for you. Isn’t it ironic that coffee is a little like wine - when you are younger you like coffee with lost of sugar and milk and creamer and you drink wine coolers. As you age your tastes change and suddenly the wine cooler is too sweet and the sugar is too much in your coffee. So, we selectively drink our wines to our tastes and we add not just any creamer to our coffee, but the right creamer.

As I have said before, I like my coffee to create an atmosphere of peace and quiet where I can recharge my batteries in a single cup. Okay, double cup some days! I would love to get out and into a coffee shop to snag that cup of joe with all the flavors - but that isn’t really practical most days. When I want to do it at home, I use my coffee-mate creamer. My favorite is Caramel Vanilla…Mmmmm, my 2 most favorite flavors rolled into one! I happen to love caramel everything - but THIS creamer is awesome! And during the holidays I like all of those new flavors that come out…This year there was one called Sugar & Spice that was really yummy - almost like I dipped a candy cane in my coffee. Coffee-Mate has also rolled out some new Café Flavors as well…Caramel Macchiato, Café Latte, and White Chocolate Caramel Latte. Actually there are more than 20 different flavors available in the liquid creamer now, and during seasonal times like now there are almost 30 flavors out there. And many of those flavors come in a sugar free version or a fat free version!

When I went to the Coffee-Mate site - I saw this yummy recipe for Hot Peppermint Mocha Shots! I may bring this with me to my Christmas Eve celebrations with our families…yummo!
Coffee-Mate allows you to bring your coffee house favorite into your own home - at a fraction of the cost and you can always find coupons! Right now you can head HERE to print coupons or join them on Facebook to get a $1.00 coupon for the new Cafe Flavors! With some of those coupons you can usually snag Coffee-Mate for only $.50!

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33 comments:

To make it special I use my immersion milk frother (IKEA!) and heat some milk, add some choclate syrup, froth, then blend with my regular/dark roast coffee made a bit stronger. Or I do the same milk technique and add some cinnamon or vanilla syrup. Can't wait to try out the Caramel Macchiato creamer though!

I am not a coffee drinker, but my husband and my MIL are. Right now there is nothing special about coffee in my house, but I got my DH a Keurig for chirstmas and have been buying all sorts of different favor k-cups.

I ALWAYS make sure i have flavored coffees to match the season. Pumpkin spice for fall, peppermint mocha for winter, summer coconut coffee from Texas. My son asked today why i love coffee so much. Because it makes mommy go!! :)

My favorite coffee at home start with a fresh bag of Starbucks beans.....thats the best..ground medium....its too strong if they are overground....my favorite coffeemate flavor currently is the Italian Sweet Cream.....I do really like the Coconut too.....

I love to buy really good flavored coffee...esp. from The Fresh Market which is a store down south...I like that better than adding flavored creamer. I also like to make my own iced coffee in the summer.